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Correlates of Current Smoking Among Malaysian Secondary School Children

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dc.contributor.authorGuat Hiong Tee
dc.contributor.authorGurpreet Kaur
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-19T06:16:56Z
dc.date.available2024-08-19T06:16:56Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractSusceptibility to smoking is a reliable predictor of smoking initiation. This article describes its prevalence and associated factors among Malaysian school adolescents. Data were obtained from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2012, a nationwide representative sample of school adolescents. The overall prevalence of susceptibility to smoking was 6.0% and significantly higher among males (9.5%) compared with females (3.6%). Multivariable analyses revealed that males (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 3.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.70-4.18) and school adolescents of indigenous Sabahan or Sarawakian descents (aOR 1.62, 95%CI 1.21-2.18) were significantly more likely to be susceptible to smoking. Susceptible school adolescents had a slightly higher likelihood to have symptoms of stress (aOR 1.31, 95% CI 1.02-1.70), anxiety (aOR 1.19, 95% CI 1.01-1.40), depression (aOR 1.56, 95% CI 1.25-1.96), including those whose one or both parents/guardians were smokers (aOR 1.48, 95% CI 1.21-1.82; aOR 2.33, 95% CI 1.22-4.44, respectively). The findings from this study point out the need for proactive measures to reduce smoking initiation among Malaysian adolescents with particular attention toward factors associated with susceptibility to smoking.
dc.identifier.doiDOI:10.1177/1010539514540468
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nih.gov.my/handle/123456789/936
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofAsia Pacific Journal of Public Health
dc.subjectSusceptibility to smoking
dc.subjectAdolescents
dc.subjectGlobal School-Based Student Health Survey
dc.subjectSmoking
dc.titleCorrelates of Current Smoking Among Malaysian Secondary School Children
dc.typejournal-article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue5_suppl
oaire.citation.volume26
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